Nyungwe Forest National Park is a must for anyone looking for a well-rounded primate safari in Rwanda. The forest shelters over 25 percent of Africa’s primate species in its lush forest canopies. Believed to be one of Africa’s oldest forests, its 370 square miles of mountainous rain forest, lush grassland, and swamps create a vast array of habitats that support multiple creatures. In addition to its famous primates, it has a number of endemic plants and animals not found anywhere else in Africa and a dense butterfly population.
A trek through Nyungwe Forest gives you a chance to spot 14 different primate species including the L’Hoest’s monkey, owl-faced monkey, black and white colobus, and the ever-popular chimpanzee, with many troops numbering in the hundreds. The park also features a canopy walk – a 295-foot long bridge suspended 130 feet above the ground. The canopy walk gives you the opportunity to get eye level with the primates and bird life found within the tree canopy. The forest harbours more than 275 endemic and migratory bird species recorded Including the Ruwenzori turacos, Ross’s turacos, Grey –cheeked hornbill, Red-throated alethe, Red-breasted sparrow hawk, White-headed wood-hoopoe, Kungwe apalis, Ruwenzori batis, Blue-headed and Regal sunbirds.
Book the Rwanda gorilla safaris to enjoy the primates in Rwanda. A gorilla trekking experience in Kahuzi Biega National Park, which is the home to the Eastern Lowland gorillas in Democratic republic of Congo, will allow you to discover many wonderful and unique characteristics and behaviorism’s of these magnificent creatures. Eastern lowland gorillas are one of Africa’s most beloved of primates and this is made obvious by the sheer number of international travelers who come to visit the continent for an African safari experience.
Eastern lowland gorillas can only be seen in the Democratic republic of Congo in the famous national park of Kahuzi Biega. You are allowed one hour with the lowland gorilla, and during this hour you can watch them feeding and playing with their young ones. After this special experience, trekkers are invited to visit to the local community to meet the people who inhabitant the forest and who were previously living with the lowland gorillas. They are largely herbivorous and eat a wide range of plants, fruits, seeds, leaves, stems and barks as well as ants, termites and other insects. Eastern lowland gorillas are the largest on average of all gorilla subspecies. Males can weigh 250 kilograms and can reach two metres tall when standing. Book with us you will not regret.
